Hootsville Row originated as a 12" block I designed a few years ago for one of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazines. Hootie, as I called him, was one single owl perched on a branch with a golden full moon behind him. I decided to design a quilt around Hootie and create a whole family of owls. I love how Hootsville Row turned out!

QuiltCon took place in Austin, TX over last few days and to be honest I've been stalking the #quiltcon hashtag on Instagram a little too much! People are having a blast! We are thinking about attending or having a booth at the Pasadena show next year.

Lindsey, who's favorite animals are sheep, is our winner of the Jolly Farm fat-quarter bundle and paper Diamond Detour pattern! Thank you to everyone who commented and Andover Fabrics for providing such an adorable bundle! It was fun to see what everyone's favorite animals are!

We fell in love with a new line from Andover Fabrics. Jolly Farm is an adorable line chalked full of cute farm animals, trackers, patterns and foliage. We paired the line with an orange solid background to make a fun crib size Diamond Detour.

The cover quilt of the Diamond Detour is all about solids, so today we are going to focus on adding prints to the quilt. The Diamond Detour is a great way to show off your favorite prints. We have two examples today that are completely different! One features different prints in the pieced diamonds and the other features one busy print as the background.

We have two quilts in the new Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Fall 2014 issue. Today I am sharing the amazing quilt my mom made, Cruisin'! She combined two of her previous appliqué blocks: Surfin' and Rollin' Along. Below are the two blocks she used!

I have a small (and growing) collection of mini quilts. There is a huge satisfaction is designing, sewing, quilting, binding and hanging something all in one day! I have my small collection of six quilts hung behind my sewing machine table.

I officially declare this Michael Miller week here on the Sass blog. We have four projects made up in Michael Miller fabrics to share with you and we are kicking it off with this Churndash Court. We made this version of our Churndash Court pattern with assorted Kiss Dots. I love how this one turned out! It glows! The quilt finishes 36" x 36"; the perfect size for a wall-hanging or baby quilt.

Alright! I am so excited to finally start sharing some Pittsburgh Quilt Market projects with you! Today we are showing off the Churndash Court quilt we made for Riley Blake's booth. We used the Little Ark line and I am in love with the color combinations. Aqua, blue, grey, green and cheddar! Yes, CHEDDA!